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St.  Louis  Public  Library. 


INFORMATION  FOR  READERS. 


CENTRAL  LIBRARY 
Olive,  Thirteenth  and  Fourteenth  Streets. 
Telephones : Bell,  Olive  3845  (for  all  departments) ; 

Kinloch,  Central  2295. 

GROUND  FLOOR. 

Children's  Department.  Stations  Department. 

Applied  Science  Room.  Newspaper  Room. 

Traveling  Libraries.  Bindery. 

Building  Superintendent. 

MAIN  FLOOR. 

Reference  Room.  Art  Room. 

Reading  Room.  Delivery  Hall. 

Open  Shelf  Room.  Registration. 

THIRD  FLOOR. 

Administration.  Assembly  Room. 

Pamphlet  Room.  Map  Room. 

Catalogue  and  Order  Department.  Training  Class. 

BARR  BRANCH — Lafayette  and  Jefferson  Ave- 
nues. Jefferson  Ave.  or  Fourth  St.  Cars. 

Telephone : Grand  393. 

CABANNE  BRANCH — Cabanne  and  Union 
Avenues.  Hodiamont  or  Union  Ave.  Cars. 

Telephone : Forest  801. 

CARONDELET  BRANCH— Kraus  Street  and 
Michigan  Ave.  Bellefontaine  or  Broadway 
Cars.  Telephone  : South  460. 

FREDERICK  M.  CRUNDEN  BRANCH— Four- 
teenth Street  and  Cass  Avenue.  Cass  Ave. 
or  Cherokee  Cars. 


Telephone:  Tyler  95. 

DIVOLL  BRANCH — Eleventh  and  Farrar  Sts. 
Bellefontaine  Cars. 

Telephone : Tyler  96. 

SOULARD  BRANCH — Seventh  and  Soulard 
Streets.  Broadway  or  Seventh  St.  Cars. 

Telephone:  Sidney  404'. 

MUNICIPAL  REFERENCE  BRANCH— Room 
206,  City  Hall. 

Telephone:  Main  5080,  Station  68. 

DELIVERY  STATIONS — See  last  page. 

HOURS. 

Centra!  Library — All  Departments,  9 a.  m.  to  9 p m • 
Reading  and  Reference  Rooms,  9 a.  m.  to  10  p.  m* 
Sunday,  Reference  and  Reading  Rooms  and/  Open  Shelf 
Room  (for  reading  only),  2 to  9 p.  m. 

Branch  Libraries  10  a.  m.  to  9 p.  m.,  except  Cabanne 
Branch,  to  10  p.  m.  Sunday  (for  reference  and  read- 
ing only),  2 to  6 p.  m. 


HOW  TO  USE  THE  LIBRARY 


ISSUE  OF  BOOKS  TO  ADULTS 
FOR  USE  AT  HOME. 

To  take  out  books  for  use  at  home  a reader’s 
card  is  necessary.  Such  cards  are  issued  free 
to  all  persons  who  are  residents  of  St.  Louis, 
and  to  non-residents  who  own  property  there, 
or  who  have  permanent  employment  therein. 

Cards  will  be  issued  on  application  at  the 
Registration  Desk  (in  the  Delivery  Hall)  or  at 
Branch  Libraries  or  Stations,  to  all  who  can 
give  satisfactory  evidence  that  the  above  rule 
applies.  Other  non-residents’  cards  are  issued 
for  a fee  of  $1.00  a year. 

Change  of  address  should  be  immediately 
reported  at  the  Registration  Desk. 

Two  books  are  issued  regularly  on  the 
reader’s  card,  one  of  fiction  and  one  of  non-fic- 
tion, or  two  of  non-fiction.  Teachers  or  investi- 
gators may  obtain  the  privilege  of  using  more 
non-fiction,  in  which  case  the  card  will  be 
stamped  “additional  books.”  Some  of  the  books 
for  home  use  are  on  open  shelves  (including 
all  those  at  Branches),  but  many  at  the  Cen- 
tral are  on  closed  shelves.  Books  on  Open 
Shelves  are  simply  selected  by  the  card-holder 
and  charged  at  the  open-shelf  desk.  For  books 
on  closed  shelves,  and  for  the  open-shelf  books 
also,  if  desired,  the  card-holder  fills  out  the 
form  provided,  entitled  “For  home  use  only,” 
with  the  names  of  the  authors  and  titles  of 
the  books,  indicating  when  two  are  wanted. 
He  presents  his  call  slip  at  the  desk  in  the 
main  delivery  hall,  and  receives  a numbered 
check,  after  which  he  waits  until  his  number 
appears  on  the  Indicator. 

Most  books  are  issued  for  two  weeks;  a few 
for  seven  days.  Observe,  therefore,  the  date 
on  which  your  book  is  due  and  keep  your 
reader’s  card  in  the  book  pocket.  These  pre- 
cautions will  save  trouble. 

To  Renew  a Book,  it  is  not  necessary  to 
bring  it  to  the  Library.  Report  to  the  receiv- 
ing clerk  the  AUTHOR,  TITLE  and  DATE 


DUE  of  the  book  to  be  renewed.  This  can  be 
done  also  by  mail  or  telephone.  New  books 
and  “seven  day”  books,  including  all  new 
novels,  English  and  foreign,  are  not  renewable. 

Current  numbers  of  the  leading  periodicals 
are  issued  for  three  days.  They  may  also  be 
taken  as  duplicates  at  the  usual  charge  of  five 
cents  a week. 

The  Collection  of  Duplicates  is  intended  to 
supply  the  excessive  demand  for  popular  new 
books,  to  an  extent  which  the  Library  could 
not  afford  to  do  from  its  own  funds.  It  is  self- 
supporting,  the  money  received  being  spent  to 
keep  up  the  collection.  These  books  are  issued 
for  five  cents  a week,  and  are  renewable.  All 
titles  are  also  to  be  found  on  the  free  shelves. 

Extra  volumes  may  be  drawn  from  the  regu- 
lar collection  for  the  same  charge  (five  cents) 
provided  they  are  not  “seven  day”  novels  or 
new  books  in  general  demand. 

Any  book  “not  in”  when  called  for  by  a 
member  may  be  Reserved  for  him  at  the  Re- 
ceiving Desk  when  returned.  Notification  will 
be  given,  if  desired,  by  postal  card,  which  may 
be  purchased  at  the  desk. 

The  registered  holder  of  a card  is  in  all 
cases  responsible  for  books  drawn  by  means 
of  the  card,  BY  WHOMSOEVER  PRESENTED, 
and  for  all  accrued  fines. 

A Fine  of  2 cents  a day  will  be  charged  for 
over  detention;  and  no  books  will  be  issued 
until  all  fines  incurred  by  the  card-holder  have 
been  paid.  Failure  to  return  books  is  a viola- 
tion of  the  city  ordinance. 

Books  should  be  examined  for  mutilations, 
etc.,  at  the  time  of  borrowing,  as  the  last  bor- 
rowerer  must  be  held  responsible. 

Books  taken  out  at  the  Central  Library,  the 
branch  libraries,  or  the  delivery  stations  may 
be  returned  at  any  of  these  places. 

Books  may  be  sent  for  or  returned,  by  mes- 
senger, if  desired,  at  the  user’s  expense.  The 
service  may  be  arranged  by  telephone. 


USE  OF  BOOKS  IN  THE  LIBRARY. 

No  card  is  necessary  for  the  use  of  books  in 
the  Library.  The  volumes  in  the  Open  Shelf 
Room,  about  25,000,  are  immediately  acces- 
sible and  others  will  be  sent  for  from  the 
stack  on  application. 

Books  in  the  Collection  of  Duplicates  are 
issued  in  this  way  only  on  payment  of  the 
same  fee  as  for  home  use. 

REFERENCE  USE. 

The  reference  collection  is  available  in  three 
rooms,  the  Reference  and  Art  Rooms  on  the 
main  floor  and  the  Applied  Science  Room  on 
the  ground  floor.  These  are  free  to  all  and  all 
contain  books  upon  open  shelves,  besides 
which  books  are  brought  in  from  the  stack 
on  application. 

Portraits  and  pictures  of  all  kinds  are  filed 
and  also  clippings  from  magazines  and  news- 
papers, and  the  current  numbers  of  200  peri- 
odicals, largely  technical,  art  and  genealogical, 
are  on  file.  Many  pamphlets  and  maps  are 
filed  in  the  Pamphlet  Room  and  the  Map  Room 
on  the  third  floor,  where;  there  are  also  Study 
Rooms  for  individual  use.  All  these  rooms  are 
accessible  to  the  public  on  application.  In 
one  of  the  Study  Rooms  is  filed  the  German 
patent  collection. 

Students  may  use  books  from  the  Issue  De- 
partment in  any  of  these  reference  rooms  if 
they  wish. 

The  Reference  Room  contains  books  of  gen- 
eral reference,  such  as  encyclopedias  and  hand 
books  of  all  classes,  late  directories,  indexes, 
and  the  main  history  and  genealogy  collec- 
tion. The  volumes  available  in  the  stack  in- 
clude bound  periodicals,  extensive  files  of  gov- 
ernment and  state  documents  and  the  proceed- 
ings of  learned  societies. 

The  Art  Room  contains  a collection  of  works 
for  architects,  designers  and  general  students. 
There  are  wing-frames  with  exhibits  of  prints, 
frequently  changed.  The  entrance  is  through 
the  Reference  Room. 


The  Applied  Science  Room  contains  books 
and  periodicals  on  the  useful  arts  (engineering, 
applied  chemistry,  etc.) ; also  agricultural  and 
geological  bulletins,  and  over  2,000  trade  cata- 
logues. Entrance  through  Newspaper  Room. 

CHILDREN. 

The  Children’s  Room  in  the  Central  Library 
(13th  Street  entrance)  is  open  for  reading  and 
the  issue  of  books  from  9 a.  m.  to  6 p.  m.  and 
the  branch  rooms  from  9 a.  m.  to  8:30  .p  m. 

Story  Hours  are  held  weekly  in  all  Children’s 
Rooms  as  follows: 

Central  Library — 

Friday,  4 p.  m.,  for  older  children. 

Saturday,  10:30  a.  m.,  for  younger  children. 
Barr  Branch — 

Wednesday,  4 p.  m.,  for  little  children. 

Friday,  4 p.  m.,  for  older  children. 

Cabanne  Branch— 

Wednesday,  3:30  p.  m.,  for  little  children. 
Thursday,  3:45  p.  m.,  for  older  children. 
Carondelet  Branch  — 

Wednesday,  3:45  p.  m.,  for  little  children. 
Friday,  4 p.  m.,  for  older  children. 

Crunden  Branch — 

Wednesday,  4 p.  m.,  for  older  children. 
Friday,  4 p.  m.,  for  little  children. 

Divoll  Branch — 

Wednesday,  4 p.  m.,  for  older  children. 
Friday,  3:30  p.  m.,  for  younger  children. 

Soulard  Branch — 

Saturday,  3:30  p.  m.,  for  younger  children. 
Friday,  4 p.  m.,  for  older  children. 

READING  ROOM. 

Current)  and  late  numbers  of  magazines  and 
unbound  weeklies  are  contained  in  this  room, 
which  is  entered  directly  from  the  main  en- 
trance hall.  No  membership  card  is  necessary. 
The  room  is  free  to  all. 

Newspaper  Room.  This  room  is  on  the  ground 
floor  (14th  Street  entrance),  and  contains  about 
70  daily  newspapers. 

TRAVELING  LIBRARIES. 

Collections  of  books  called  traveling  libra- 
ries, are  deposited  with  schools,  clubs,  busi- 


ness  houses,  associations,  and  similar  bodies, 
for  circulation  among  their  members.  For  con- 
ditions see  the  office  of  Traveling  Libraries 
in  the  Central  Library,  ground  floor  (13th 
Street  entrance). 

ASSEMBLY  ROOMS. 

The  use  of  the  assembly  and;  club  rooms  at 
the  various  Branches  is  given  free  to  respon- 
sible organizations.  For  conditions  apply  to 
the  branch  librarian. 

CATALOGS  AND  LISTS. 

For  public  use  there  is  in  the  Central  Li- 
brary a card  catalog  of  all  the  books  in  that 
library,  and  of  the  very  few  books  in  branches 
not  in  the  Central  collection,  and  at  each 
branch  a similar  catalog  of  books  in  that 
branch.  As  all  branch  books  are  duplicates, 
the  former  is  also  a Union  Catalog  of  the  whole 
collection. 

The  great  increase  in  the  size  of  the  library 
has  made  necessary  a change  in  the  system  by 
which  the  books  are  classified,  and  as  this  pro- 
gresses the  catalog  is  being  changed  to  the 
Dictionary  Form.  This  will  take  several  years, 
and  during  this  time  those  who  consult  the 
catalog  should  bear  in  mind  that  a change  is 
taking  place. 

Before  the  change  there  were  two  main 
catalogs,  in  one  of  which  the  cards  were  filed 
alphabetically  by  authors  and  titles,  while  in 
the  other  they  were  arranged  according  to  sub- 
ject matter. 

After  the  change  there  will  be  one  main 
alphabetical  arrangement  in  which  will  appear 
authors,  titles  and  subjects,  except  that  the 
separate  title-index  to  novels  will  probably  be 
retained. 

During  the  change  the  old  Author  catalog  is 
being  made  over  into  the  new  Dictionary 
Catalog  by  filing  subject-cards  in  it  as  the 
work  progresses.  To  find  a book  by  subject, 
therefore,  it  will  be  well  to  search  in  both  the 
author  and  classified  catalogs,  for  the  card 
representing  the  subject  is  removed  from  the 
latter  when  it  is  added  to  the  former.  Misun- 


derstandings  and  confusion  will  be  cleared  up 
by  the  assistant  in  charge  of  the  public  cata- 
log, who  will  be  found  at  the  west  end  of  the 
hall. 

In  the  Cataloging  Room  on  the  third  floor 
is  a Repertory  Catalog  of  books  in  certain 
other  large  libraries,  chiefly  the  Library  of 
Congress,  the  John  Crerar  Library,  Chicago, 
and  the  Harvard  University  Library.  This  is 
accessible  to  the  public. 

There  are  also  separate  lists  and  indexes, 
such  as  for  books  in  foreign  languages,  musi- 
cal scores,  illustrations,  and  applied  science. 

The  Central  Children’s  Room  contains  a card 
catalog  (authors,  titles  and  subjects)  of  the 
books  in  that  room. 

Special  printed  and  mimeographed  lists,  pre- 
pared as  suggestions  to  the  reader,  are  for  free 
distribution  in  that  room. 

A printed  Bulletin,  containing  a list  of  books 
added  to  the  Library,  with  annotations,  is  is- 
sued monthly  and  distributed  free  at  the  libra- 
ries or  will  be  mailed  for  25  cents  a year. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

If  you  do  not  see  what  you  want,  ask  for  it; 
and  DON’T  GO  AWAY  UNSATISFIED. 

Please  do  not  ask  questions  at  the  Delivery 
Desk.  Go  to  the  INFORMATION  DESK. 

Suggestions  for  making  the  Library  more 
useful  are  invited,  also  recommendations  of  de- 
sirable books. 

The  Library  will  be  very  glad  to  compile 
reading  lists  for  clubs,  reading  circles,  etc., 
when  desired. 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

George  O.  Carpenter President 

John  F.  Lee Vice-President 

Ben  Altheimer.  Edward  L.  Preetorius. 

Horatio  N.  Davis.  O’Neill  Ryan. 

John  L.  Mauran.  Joseph  H.  Zumbalen. 

William  Maffitt. 

Arthur  E.  Bostwick  - - Librarian  and  Sec’y 
Paul  Blackwelder  - - - Assistant  Librarian 


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